Mugenbine

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Razerwire, Feb 18, 2007.

  1. Evac

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    Its gonna be pretty hard to get the last piece to Pharoah now...
     
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    Just got a shipping notice today from HLJ for Enryuuki. Guess I should go ahead and pick up Toushinjuu now, eh?
     
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    I too should be getting a shipping notice for my Enryuuki - fingers crossed it gets here by next Tuesday (without incident)

    UJ
     
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    Ordered myself the full set of 12, Ashura and Ryufire. I've been looking forward to this.
     
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    Personally I think Mugen En-oh is too much a random mess of parts. But I may get it to have all the molds.
     
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    Soundblaster1 The Heisenberg of Toys

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    Was that the one from Colortoys? I'm really tempted to bite, but I can't see myself spending $60 in one go.
     
  10. Talyn781

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    BTW
    since Ryufire is out, shouldnt we start getting some more info on the Moebine girls???
     
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    BBTS has older Mugens instock now.

    Still no Ashura or Ryufire yet.
     
  12. Talyn781

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    YES!
    Got Iron Beetle from them!
    Now all I need is:
    Lead Saurus
    Mugen and Death Emperor
    Speed Eagle
    and the original candy set....

    and the Build Gattai book!!!

    And I'll be entirely DONE! :bay 
     
  13. Talyn781

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    Ryufire Review

    So I just recieved my Mugen Ryufire and figured I'd post a quick little review about him:

    Individual figures:
    Instead of reviewing each figure seperately (because they almost don't rate it), I'll just do it as one section.
    First off these guys are small, and when I say small, I mean tiny!
    Think Armed Leon compared to the regular Mugenbine, thats these guys compared to the regular Candy Sets.
    That being said, they do have some good points.
    The monkey part is actually quite charming with a intertesting design, and I actually like the snake form better than the one that came with Mugen Ashura(better articulation, on a smaller toy no less).
    The elephant and Lion are ok, not terrible and not great either.
    The bird however is abit of a let-down. He has really no body to speak of. The wings, claws, and tail essentially peg into his head piece; leaving him looking incomplete.
    As for the bull...Well as Seawing said in his review of Ashura, there is always a component that just exists to store parts for the combined form. The bull is that loser in this set. His body is just the head for both combined forms, with random legs and a thin head stuck on.

    Mugen Ryufire:
    I actually really like him. The all-red color, so strange on the individual components, makes this a fire dragon to be feared. Of course it is a relatively small fire dragon, but still a good one. The small individual parts give him decent articulation, and the dragon head is nicely detailed. I also really like his claws for some reason, they look silly on the bird component, but really work well on Ryufire.

    Mugen Enou (Fire Emperor):
    Lets be honest, this is probably what people bougth the set for, its combined form with Mugen Ashura. Well, truth be told, its a bit of a let down. The addition of Ryufire doesn't really change much. There isn't much of a difference between this and regular Ashura. The biggest difference is the weapon, a Goldion-like hammer. And even then, I think I prefer Ashura's spear, that looked dangerous, while this looks alittle strange. It also does very little to add to Ashura's size compared to the other recent Candy kits. Its best not to think of it as two kits combining together, but more of an upgrade kit for Ashura.

    Overall:
    The individual sets aren't worth much. And the combination with Ashura is only ok. However I really like the dragon mode (and will probably be keeping them in that mode, stationed next to Ashura on my shelf). Mildy recommended for the dragon mode alone.
     
  14. Seawing

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    thanks for the mini review Talyn781. Any chance of getting pics?
     
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    Mine should be with me within a week. Would have had them sooner but was doing my brother a favour and picking up a couple of items for him to ship all at the same time. Looking forward to Ryufire - I want to put him alongside the Dark Dragon from the Dark Flame Dragon set.
     
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    Congrats you guys. I may skip this set altogether. No money :( .
     
  17. Talyn781

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    Ask, and you shall recieve!
    Ashura and his pets:
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    The little guys themselves:
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    ARRRRRRR I'M A DRAGON!
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    Ashura and Ryufire
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    The Emperor of Fire!
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    The most improved part of Enou is the head, because Ashura's face is almost unseeable:
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    And sorry to hear that Roan. On the upside, due to his small size, he's cheaper than the other candysets-which I was thankul for especially considering how much I spent lately catching up on this line, since I'm a late-comer.
     
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    You should sticker him up dude. Looks kinda plain like that. Also he reminds me so much of Tamanoo from Yamato Takeru. Burning red justice!
     
  19. Treadshot A1

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    Yeah, he needs some stickers.

    As for me, i'm missing Speed Eagle and Machptera, then i may get the exclusive color variants, which i don't really care for.

    Oh yeah, and i nearly forgot about the candy sets. Specifically the set of ten that make two different gestalts, no idea what he's called.
     
  20. Seawing

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    It sounds like you are talking about Mugen Kinoujin and Mugen Ginouja. They are repaints of Mugen Emporer & the Four Legendary Dragon sets with the sets switched up between the two and with new gestalt heads.
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